Although the Federal Reserve dramatically increased liquidity, the money supply in the banking system barely budged.
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The problem is that in a fractional reserve banking system banks are inherently unstable.
The Cyprian banking system, like all banking systems today, is a fractional reserve system.
As for the larger Eurozone banking system, it too is a fractional reserve system.
The Federal Reserve and the banking system stepped in to prevent a widespread debacle.
De facto, the government is already controlling a good chunk of the banking system.
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The banking system in 1932 was broken and it was broken again in January 2009.
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Or should we let the private banking system take over and have regulators lay off?
One way of bolstering the banking system would be to inject more capital into it.
But just as savings increase, the banking system has pulled back from making loans.
He believes that prepaid cards can help to get the underbanked into the banking system.
The ECB has taken very important actions to inject liquidity into the banking system.
Confidence in a banking system is something we, here in America, take for granted.
It has also agreed to an independent audit of anti-money laundering efforts in the banking system.
Then, to stop Greek banks collapsing, you have to support the Greek banking system.
Anything that stops short of cleansing the European banking system will not be enough.
The banking system was shaky throughout the 1920s, and failures escalated steadily after 1929.
The difference is that borrowing from the Fed creates new reserves for the banking system.
Is it legitimate for a Muslim to use an interest-based banking system to get a mortgage?
There are a lot of Russian deposits in the Cypriot banking system, according to economists.
These casas de cambio and centros cambiaros serve as a legitimate parallel banking system in Mexico.
Without IOR, QE3, and its covert preemptive bailout of the banking system, would not be feasible.
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As both Krugman and Yglesias point out, the Cypriot banking system is bust, gone.
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At least we should be thankful for small mercies: the European banking system is still standing.
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Ringfencing could also be an aspirational statement about how the global banking system should evolve.
But the Cypriot banking system also developed a reputation as a haven for money laundering.
The big question hanging over the markets is the stability of the European banking system .
At which point they go bust and much of the European banking system fails with them.
In spite of all the anxiety, deposits across the banking system grew in March.
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Some say that if Bear Stearns had failed, the entire banking system was at risk.
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